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The ecoomic dowtur has ames across Oho
ocusng on nances wth a eener eye than ever.
Oten, they turn to Oho State Unversty Extenson.Were educators, first and oremost, sad Nancy
Hudson, amy finance specast wth OSU Extenson.
When we wor wth peope, even those acng
banruptcy, they te us they apprecate our straght-
orward, nonjudgmenta approach.
Among the programs that OSU Extenson oers s
New Start or Fnanca Success, a debtor educaton
cass or peope acng banruptcy. Oten, attendees
say they had taen the cass earer, they mght have
avoded banruptcy, Hudson sad. For more normaton,
see http://ewstart.osu.edu.
Extenson s ocused on hepng young peope, too.Besdes the Rea Money, Rea Word program (see
story on page 2), OSU Extenson s a natona partner
n sponsorng the Hgh Schoo Fnanca Pannng
Program. Snce 2007, OSU Extenson has heped tran
more than 600 teachers n ths ree currcuum, whch
meets the standards o a new state aw that reures
persona nanca educaton programs or students
enterng hgh schoo n 2010.
OSU Extenson aso oers a wde varety o ree and
ow-cost materas to hep ames wth nanca manage-
ment, onne at http://ohiolie.osu.edu and http://estore.
osu-extesio.org. And even more gudance s avaabethrough Extensons natona resource, eXtenson (pro-
nounced e-Extenson). On the Fnanca Crss pages
(http://www.extesio.org/iacial_crisis ), doens o
materas are avaabe ncudng Decdng Whch Bs
to Pay Frst, Stretchng Your Food Doar, and Debt
Management n Tough Tmes. The web ste aso
oers the opportunty or users to submt uestons to
Extenson experts rom across the naton or gudance
on specc nanca chaenges. See more on eXtenson
on page 3. MARTHA FiliPiC
Sprng 2009 | volume1issue2
Family fnancesin tough times:OSU Extension oers a hand
Ao Iid: Acadic Prora p. 4 OARDCp. 7 ATI p. 10 Ai p. 12 Dopt p. 14
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As part o its Strategic Planning process or 20082014, Ohio State University Extension identifed six
Signature Programs focused on targeted issues that aect Ohioans. Every county in Ohio will oer
at least one of these programs, three of which are described on these pages. Look for details on the
other three programs, Dining with Diabetes,New Start, and Why Trees Matter: Next STEP in
our last issue oContinuum, available online on the colleges alumni web site at http://cfaes.osu.edu. To
learn more about Extensions Signature Programs, go to http://extension.osu.edu and click on the
Strategic Plan Information icon on the right. Ten click on Step 7, which includes descriptions of
the Signature Programs.
OSU Extesios Sigature Programs target key statewide, atioal issues
extension
ignature,Pignature,PI Auglaize Couty, a busness expanson renvested $2
mon n the county and added 22 jobs; n Cnton County,the cosng o a pant was reversed, savng 100 jobs; and n
Fayette County, over $80 mon n nvestments resuted
n a 31 percent ncrease n manuacturng empoyment.
From the sma neghborhood o lnden n the northeast-
ern part o Coumbus, to the town o Van Wert, to an eght-
county regon n eastern Oho, an Oho State Unversty
Extenson busness program s hepng communtes reae
the mportance o budng the n between resdents and
busnesses or economc growth and sustanabty.
The OSU Extenson Busness Retenton and Expanson
intatve, one o OSU Extensons Sgnature Programs, was
created to strengthen the capacty o oca oficas andcommunty vounteers to better understand and manage
ther oca economy. The program orgnated rom Oho
States Department o Agrcutura, Envronmenta, and
Deveopment Economcs.
You need to understand your economy you are to have
any nfuence over t, sad Greg Davs, eader o the OSU
Extenson Busness Retenton and Expanson intatve
and assocate proessor n communty deveopment. The
program engages communtes n a orma survey process
to denty strateges that w hep oca busnesses
reman profitabe and expand.
The utmate antcpated outcomes, sad Davs, are a
more engaged communty, a database o oca normaton,
and a more robust oca economy.
Snce 1986, the Oho Busness and Retenton Expanson
intatve has wored wth more than 140 communtes,
empowerng them to act on economc deveopment ssues
by gatherng normaton crtca to understandng oca
and regona economc deveopment needs.
For more normaton on the OSU Extenson Busness
Retenton and Expanson intatve, see ts web ste at
http://localeco.osu.edu/bre.CANDACE POllOCk
Alarmig leels o debt, banruptces, and orecosures throughout
Oho add up to a cear concuson: The state has a vta need orfinanca educaton. And startng eary s ey: A 2008 natona survey
reveaed hgh-schoo senors coud correcty answer just 48 percent
o uestons on financa bascs such as credt, savngs, nsurance
and retrement.
Thats where Rea Money, Rea Word comes n. in 2005, a group
o OSU Extenson proessonas deveoped the sx-esson currcuum
to hep young peope become aware o the money-management ss
they need or the rest o ther ves. Desgned to be a partnershp
o oca Extenson educators, schoos, and communty vounteers
the program ocuses on basc finance prncpes, ncudng how
educaton and occupaton aect ncome; how expenses and paychec
deductons add up; and how to be smart n usng checng accounts
savngs, and credt.
And t wors.
in 15 years o teachng, i can say wthout a doubt that t s one o the
best toos ive ever had n the cassroom, sad Beth Meegar, seventh
grade teacher at Northwestern Mdde Schoo n Wayne County.
in Rea Money, Rea Word, students assume the roe o a 25-year
od adut. They choose (or are assgned) one o 108 occupatons wth a
correspondng saary, and find out how many chdren theyre rasng
Ater nta essons, the program cumnates n a rea-e hour-ong
smuaton: The students vst varous booths staed by communty
vounteers to pay or ther housng, uttes, chd care, transportaton
costs, nsurance, phone and internet access, groceres, and other
tems typca n a amy budget.
The program reay has an mpact, sad Beth Brdgeman, OSU
Extenson educator n Greene County and one o the programs
orgna creators. Ater the smuaton, they say they reae
they have to stay n schoo onger and deay havng ds ts a
vauabe too.
The Rea Money, Rea Word currcuum s avaabe on
CD rom OSU Extenson at http://estore.osu-extesio.org
For more normaton, see http://realmoeyrealworld.osu.edu
MARTHA FiliPiC
Economic initiative sustaining
Ohio communities
Students get an eye-opener with
Real Money. Real World.
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Online eXtensionputs resources atnations fngertips
T atio 95-yar-od Cooprati extio syt
rac iio o pop ry yar tro t ort
o or ta 100 ad-rat co ad iriti ad
toad o extio ofc dotti t u.s. adcap.
But the reach o Extension has the ability to multiply exponentially
with a national online presence, http://www.extension.org.
Te eort, called eXtension (pronounced e-Extension) launched
in February 2008 and is designed to give users the best o the best,
said Keith Smith, director o Ohio State University Extension and
associate vice president or agricultural administration.
People want inormation quickly they want it now, and they
want assurance that its reliable, Smith said. Tis use o technology
is bringing us into the modern age.
When Congress created the Extension system in 1914 to assist
land-grant universities extend research-based inormation and
educational programs throughout their home states, more thanhal the U.S. population lived in rural areas and
nearly a third were engaged in arming.
Over the years, Extension has branched
out rom agricultural and rural issues
to reect the changing
needs o armers,
business-
o w ners ,
amilies, and
communities.
Te seed
o eXtensionwas planted in 2004, when
Smith was chair o the national Extension Committee
on Policy. Although most statewide Extension programs
operate web sites or consumers, Extension had no national presence
that brought together know-how rom across the country. When such
an idea came beore Extension leaders, Smith and his counterparts
pledged a small portion o their ederal unding to pay or the eort.
oday, eXtension oers inormation and materials on topics
ranging rom traditional agricultural production to personal
nance; entrepreneurship; gardens and lawns; parenting; organic
agriculture; and science, engineering, and technology or youth. o
compile the inormation, teams identied the most user-riendlyExtension materials available rom across the country, vetted them
to ensure the inormation was reliable and credible, and created
new materials when they identied gaps.
Te site has thousands o requently asked questions, searchable
by keyword and browsable by category, and users also can Ask
the Experts i they cant nd the answer to their specic question
In addition, users who register with eXtension are guided to their
local Extension ofces and their states land-grant institution or
additional inormation and local guidance.
For more inormation and materials you can use, log on to
eXtension at http://www.extension.org. MARTHA FiliPiC
easeeaseToday more tha eer, Ohos agrcutura ndustry s
acng enormous chaenges and opportuntes to not
ony produce enough ood or a word that needs more o
t but aso to meet ncreasng demands or renewabe
energy, ues, and ndustra products.
Oho s strategcay postoned to be at the oreront
o the emergng boeconomy, and Oho State Unversty
Extenson s eadng eorts n ths area wth a new five-
year Sgnature Program.
increasng Profitabe Crop Yeds Above Trend-
ne 2014 s a mutdscpnary eort amed at assst-
ng agrbusnesses and armers boost crop yeds n a
socay and envronmentay responsbe way, addng
more raw commodtes or Ohos busness growth and
export marets.
Crop producton trendnes are not eepng up wth
current popuaton growth, sad OSU Extenson Assstant
Drector Don Breece. One souton s to tae our mted
arm acres and produce more ood, ue, and fiber crops
rom that and. Every acre o ground must produce as
much as ts envronmentay, genetcay, and technoog-
cay possbe to do.
OSU Extenson educators wth the Agronomc Crops,
Forage, and Frut and Vegetabe teams are engaged n a
number o research, outreach, and educaton actvtes
desgned to support the needs o crop and vestoc
producers whe findng new crops or aternatve energy
and new ways to manage the and.
Successu eorts ncude technoogy adopton to
ncrease yeds and profits; educaton through fied days
and pubcatons; and deveopment o technues to grow
hgh-vaue crops on sma tracts o and. MAURiCiO
ESPiNOzA AND CANDACE POllOCk
Increasing yields and profts
With people and the environment
in mind
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Micki Zartmas passio to share the
word o agrcuture nects neary
everyone she meets, and that ey wont
stop even ater she oficay retres ths
year rom her roe as char o Scaret andGray Ag Day.
The annua event, zartmans branchd,
was renamed Mc zartman Scaret and
Gray Ag Day n 2007. Ths year, zartman
s assstng new char lese Rsch to pan
or a record 590 schoo students urban,
rura, suburban, prvate, and pubc
convergng on the Coege o Food,
Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences
campus May 15. Guded by 160 vounteer
coege students, partcpants w vst
statons staed by coege acuty andsta to earn about agrcutures roe n
everythng rom ood and cothng to
wde and bodese ues.
The dea behnd the event started years
ago, when zartman accompaned her
husband Davd, who was char o the
then-Department o Dary Scence, to an
annua dary scence meetng. One o the
speaers chaenged partcpants to share
ther stores: The speaer sad, You ta
to each other, but you dont ta to the
rest o the word. And i et e she was
oong drecty at me, zartman sad.
it wasnt ong beore she was eadng
tours o the Waterman Dary Center or
oca schoos. The program was a hugesuccess, but one year the scence drector
at Worthngton Hgh Schoo ased about
other aspects o agrcuture. The seed
was panted, and zartman wored wth
the teacher to pan the first Scaret and
Gray Ag Day n 1999.
The event goes beyond the average
fied trp. Organers mae sure the
oerngs n up wth schoos content
standards. Teachers attend a pre-event
worshop, and ag educaton students
vst cassrooms to conduct enrchmentcasses. Ths year, students rom the
Coege o Educaton and Human Ecoogy
w aso partcpate, mang schoo vsts
and vounteerng at the event.
The program s popuar, wth a watng
st o schoos wantng to partcpate.
zartman credts her student co-chars and
vounteers rom throughout the coege.
Every year, i chaenge the student co-
chars to expand the academc rgor and
mpact o the program, she sad.
J Tyson, coege admssons coor
dnator, was a student co-char n 2005
and aso wored wth zartman n 2006
to prepare an A-to-z handboo o
uture organers. Tyson sad worngwth zartman was e-changng. He
abty to wor wth and connect wth
a types o students s remarabe, and
her dedcaton s nsprng, Tyson sad.
zartman says her passon es n
the eedbac she gets rom Ag Day
partcpants. Among the comments: You
come nowng tte about ag, and eave
nowng amang thngs. it s the best
thng i have ever been to. i am neve
gong to orget t. it made me want
to go to coege.in addton, she remans deepy grateu
or the support Ag Day has receved
rom acuty, sta, and admnstraton
and ndustry and commodty eaders.
incomng char Rsch, who s aso a
program assstant or Farm Scence
Revew, sad zartmans passon o
agrcuture s contagous and nsprng
addng, i hope she wants to reman part
o Scaret and Gray Ag Day or a ong
tme. MARTHA FiliPiC
Zartman passes Scarlet and Gray Ag Day reins to new chair
Dedication and passion:
academic programs
Every year, the colleges Scarlet and Gray Ag Day oers hundreds o Ohio students a
new perspective o agriculture thanks to the eorts o ounder Micki Zartman, let, and
incoming chair Leslie Risch.
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Students come frst orretired Animal Sciences proessor
I love having the opportunity to work with students, he said. I always
elt that i we provide students opportunities and encouragement and then
get out o their way they would be successul.
Te Department o Animal Sciences proessor, who retired at the end o
January, inuenced hundreds o students in the classroom and in an
advisory capacity, and no doubt helped to shape their personal and
proessional goals.
Irvin joined the aculty in 1975 afer receiving his Ph.D. in animal
genetics at Ohio State University. Since then, hes taught over 15 dierent
courses and advised undergraduate and graduate students and contributed
to student organizations. For example, he was instrumental in developing
the national Sigma Alpha sorority during a time when agricultural
sororities did not exist or women. Irvin has also conducted research
in swine genetics. He is best noted or developing the Sow Productivity
Index, which combines components o traits important or mothering
ability in sows.
Producers will use this selection tool to select emales that will
mother the next generation, said Irvin. It was satisying to go through
the process o doing the research on sow productivity to developing
the SPI and then seeing it adopted by industry. Troughout the years
Irvin has received countless awards or his success in the classroom, his
anity with students, and or his research, and has served on a number o
university and community organizations.
Although retiring, Irvin looks at it as a new beginning and is looking
orward to new opportunities that come his way.
My retirement is not an end, its a new beginning and a new stage in my
lie. Its a growing phase and a positive change while being an opportunityto look orward, he said. Im looking orward to the new opportunities
and wil l continue to maintain and develop new riendships.APRil HAYES
Future student? Great way, great day to see CFAES
Thikig o erollig i CFAES? know someone who s?
Consder the Experence OSU or a Day program, whch
oers one-day, one-on-one, nsde oos at the coege.
Prospectve students shadow a current student, at tend severa
casses wth them, eat on campus, and vst a resdence ha.
They meet wth a proessor who wors n ther area o nterest.They ta to counseors and admnstrators. They eave wth
essenta detas on financa ad, majors, and more and a
first-hand ee or the coege. Once (prospectve) students
are on campus and see what we have to oer, ts a ot easer
or them to decde the coege s rght or them, sad CFAES
Admssons Coordnator J Tyson.
A typca vst goes rom about 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. But ts
uy adjustabe. i you cant stay that ong, you can schedue
a shorter stay. its totay up to you. So are the stops on the
vst. The casses you go to and the acuty you meet wth are
set up based on your nput and nterests. Aso, guests, typcay
a parent or parents, are wecome and ncuded. They tour
campus, have unch wth an admnstrator, and jon you to meet
wth the counseors and proessors.
The programs personaed nature reay heped me mae
my fina decson n that ong coege search process, sadkaten luthman, a reshman Food Scence and Nutrton major.
its a one-o-a-nd recrutment experence, sad Ryan Conn,
a senor n Agrbusness and Apped Economcs and Anma
Scences and one o the programs host students. Prospectve
students see that t reay s possbe to receve the ndvdua
attenton they want and deserve, even at a arge nsttuton
e Oho State.
Cost: ree. learn more at http://caes.osu.edu/isit. Or
contact Tyson at (614) 292-8124 or [email protected]. kURT
kNEBUSCH
For Oio stat uirity itock ticit Kit Iri
oti i or ratiyi ta ai a idib ark o
t art ad id o tdt.
Shaping the minds o students or a successul
uture was a satisying and rewarding experience
or animal sciences proessor Keith Irvin (center),
who recently retired ater nearly 35 years o service
with the university.
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OSU alumus expresses pridethrough old postcard collectio
The fal erse o Oho
State Unverstys ama
mater rngs true just as
much today as t dd n1902, when the yrcs
were wrtten.
Tme marches on.
Change s nevtabe. But
the prde o Scaret and
Gray remans. For OSU agrcutura aumnus Jerome
Gundrum, ths truth s best expressed through hs
coecton o Oho State Unversty postcards. Wth
some postcards datng bac to 1905, the coecton
gves a gmpse nto the evouton o what has become
the argest unversty n the naton.
its un to see how the unversty has changed overthe years. Readng the notes on the bac o the cards
and seeng the od postmars and stamps s very
nterestng, sad Gundrum, agronomy major rom the
cass o 1975. i thn bac and whe a student, i ddnt
uy comprehend the enormty o the schoo and tsstatus and wordwde recognton. Tme and change
surey does show the postve mpact Oho State has
had on my e.
The Jeerson County, Oho, natve who now owns
an od-ashoned soda shop n North Carona enjoys
sharng hs postcards and other Oho State memoraba
wth customers.
i am aways amaed at the number o non-Oho
resdents who are Oho State ans wth no educatona
assocaton wth the schoo, but st proudy wear the
Scaret and Gray, sad Gundrum. Ths maes me even
prouder to be an Oho State aumnus. CANDACEPOllOCk
Lookig or just the rght job, nternshp,
or Oho State-educated empoyee? Chec
out the CFAES Career Servces Center,
whch oers ree expert assstance toCFAES students, aumn, and ndustry
proessonas. Students get hep wrtng
resumes and cover etters, preparng or
ntervews, and schedung on-campus
ntervews. They meet companes at the
coeges a and wnter Career Events,
hosted by the center. Theres a ree
onne job board caed Hreabuceye
thats updated day and avaabe
24/7. indvdua advce and counseng
sessons are oered as we.
Hreabuceye s avaabe to any
current student or aumn o the coege
and s good or e, sad Adam Cah,
Career Servces program coordnator.Anythng that we now about, you w
now about and have access to. i you
are oong or a job or someone to hre,
ths s a great pace to start.
Empoyers, meantme, can post jobs
to Hreabuceye; can get canddate reer-
ras; can see the resumes o seected can-
ddates onne; and can thoroughy pan
ther recrutng vsts, both to the Career
Events and at other tmes throughout
the year.
The easy first step to start usng the
center s to regster or Hreabuceye at
http://www.caes.osu.edu/career ; cc on
the og-n ogo.Fnd the center n 100 Agrcutura
Admnstraton Budng, 2120 Fye Rd
on Oho States Coumbus campus
Hours: 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Get urthe
detas at the centers web ste, http://
www.caes.osu.edu/career; or contac
Adam Cah at (614) 292-1589 o
[email protected] kNEBUSCH
Good work! Find it, get it at CFAES Career Services Center
Time ad
chage
will surely
show how
frm thy
riedship:
O-HI-O.PhotosubmittedbyJerom
eGundrum
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oard
cheesemakinggoeshigh-tech
Now, ood scientists Luis Rodriguez-Saonaand Jim Harper have harnessed the power
o science and technology to improve the
quality o cheese and the efciency o the
cheese-making process.
Te technique theyve developed,
using Fourier transorm inrared (FIR)
spectroscopy, has been patented, and
theyve shown it is valuable not only or
the cheese industry, but also or wider
uses, such as quick measurement o
phytochemicals in potatoes, tomatoes,
and other plant-based oods, and rapid
identication o ood-borne pathogens.
With cheese, though, the main objective
is to predict avor quality, Rodriguez-
Saona said. But were also very interested
in learning the chemical changes that
take place during ripening. FIR more
than lls the bill. Te technology is
important to Ohio, which is rst in the
nation in Swiss cheese production and
ranks in the top 10 or production o all
cheese (excluding cottage cheese).
Cheeses get their avor rom a complexmatrix o compounds that develop during
ripening. Still today, most cheese is graded
by sensory panels o specially trained
people who smell and taste the product.
Tere have been many attempts to
use technology to grade cheese, he
said. But those methods were costly,
time-consuming, and required a
substantial amount o skill and
laboratory equipment. Using this
FIR technique is quick, and so
simple that almost anyone could
do it, Rodriguez-Saona said.
Te technique is based on
the principle that dierent chemical
compounds respond dierently when
exposed to inrared light. Tese responses
produce a ngerprint spectrum showing
the samples overall chemical composition,
including protein, at, sugars, and
moisture content and the type and amount
o organic, amino, and atty acids, all o
which aect cheese avor and texture.
Even better: Te technology can predict
the nal products quality early in the
ripening process, which, depending on the
cheese, can last or weeks to years.
We ound that most o the changes
during cheddar cheese ripening occurbetween the rst 15 to 30 days. Companies
can use FIR during the early stages o
ripening to predict which cheeses will
end up as high quality, and which wil
likely have to be diverted to processed
cheese products.
Manuacturers may even be
able to take corrective steps
to improve the nal product,
Rodriguez-Saona said. At the
very least, they will be bette
able to manage their inventory.Much o the research has been made
possible by unding rom Ohios cheese
industry, the Ohio Agricultural Research
and Development Center and the Midwest
Advanced Food Manuacturing Alliance
(MAFMA). For more inormation on FIR
and its applications, contact Rodriguez
Saona at [email protected] or
(614) 292-3339.MARTHA FiliPiC
For to i t dairy bi, t por o c i i t
prodct proftabiity. Bt c o c prodctio i ti do
t od-aiod ad ot ry cot-cti ay.
Luis Rodriguez-Saona is helping Ohios cheese industry go high-tech, boosting quality and prof
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Playig the stock market, startng a busness,
changng jobs, returnng to schoo ts notuncommon to tae economc rss or busness
success or persona satsacton. But what drves
some peope to tae chances, whe others are
content to stay the course? Oho State Unversty
economsts are usng boogy to ncrease the
understandng o tang financa rss.
Researchers wth the Department o Agrcu-
tura, Envronmenta, and Deveopment Econom-
cs, and Oho States Coege o Pharmacy, aong
wth coeagues at the Unversty o Mssour
and Centra Methodst Unversty, are search-
ng or a genetc n to rs behavor.
The economc theory concernng
rs behavor s rather underde-
veoped. There s the economc
noton that much o the rss
we tae are reated to ncome,
experence, nowng the der-
ence between bad outcomes
and good outcomes, as we
as rs-tang reated to age,
gender, and even heght, sad
Bran Roe, an Oho Agrcutura
Research and Deveopment Cen-
ter behavora economst. But whatdoes t a mean? We are tryng to go
deeper and are oong at the boogca
mechansms that dstngush between those who
are wng to bear rs and those who arent.
Researchers are currenty studyng dopamne
eves and the genetc varatons that may
nfuence the way dopamne moves n the bran.
Dopamne s a neurotransmtter n the bran that,
among other thngs, drves behavor, cognton,
motvaton, and reward.
There s a process or recevng dopamne,
breang t down, and transportng t, apotentay drven by genetc varatons, sad
Roe. What we woud e to find s somethng
e ths: a genetc varaton s ted to say, a
certan dopamne receptor that drves derences
n the rs behavor o young peope, and over
tme that receptor tends to burn out. We coud
then mae the correaton between a specfic
bophysca process and why oder peope tend
to tae ewer rss.
The research s currenty beng unded through
an OARDC SEEDS grant.CANDACE POllOCk
What drives people totake risks? The answermay lie with genetics
At a time o great economc chaenges and opportuntes or Oho, OARDCs worng wth government and busness eaders to capture and grow the
enormous potenta o the agrcutura boscences and transorm t nto
new busness ventures and jobs.
A unue eort n the Buceye State, the BoHo Research Par
a busness and technoogy center amed at movng deas and products
rom the aboratory to the maretpace n areas such as ood saety
renewabe energy and materas, and envronmenta remedaton s
begnnng to tae shape on OARDCs Wooster campus.
BoHo w serve as a catayst or oca and regona deveopment
supportng the creaton o an agboscences ndustry custer n northeast
Oho and propeng an economc sht approprate to the new century,
sad Jm Curre, program drector or Oho States Food and Agrcutura
Technoogy Commercaaton and Economc Deveopment Program
(ATECH). it w serve as a n to unversty research, provdng space
and support or prvate companes n the agboscences arena n addton
to pubc and prvate aboratores and programs that compement and
support ths actvty.
Thans to a $3.4 mon grant rom the Oho Department o Deveopments
Job Ready Stes program to the cty o Wooster, nrastructure
mprovements new water, sewer, gas, and eectrc are currenty beng
made on the pars man 95-acre ste aong Secrest Road. Ths ste w
eventuay oer 540,000 suare eet o budng space, accommodatng
oces, abs, greenhouses, and technoogy deveopment.
Addtonay, renovaton o Pounden Ha on the OARDC campus s
expected to begn n Apr 2009. Funded by a $744,000 grant rom theU.S. Department o Commerces Economc Deveopment Admnstraton
(EDA), the Pounden Technoogy Deveopment Center w provde exbe
technoogy space or abs, oces, and prototype deveopment or start-up
rms and exstng companes.
BoHo Research Par has aso wecomed ts rst tenant. Ceveand
based Schmac BoEnergy whch deveops bogas pants and manages
anaerobc dgeston o Arons muncpa sod waste s rentng space
rom OARDC to bud ab, demonstraton, and testng actes. The company
s coaboratng wth OARDCs natonay recogned compost experts to
optme new bomass converson technooges.MAURiCiO ESPiNOzA
BioHio Research Park:An economic engine takes shape
OARDC engineer Fred Michel
(let) and graduate student
Eddie Gomez are collaborating
with Schmack BioEnergy on
new ways to convert waste
into clean energy and uels.
Schmack has set up research
acilities at OARDC as part
o the BioHio Research Park
initiative.
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OARDC is FORemOsT eCOnOmy engine in new biOeCOnOmy: bATTelle sTuDy
Te Battelle study which evaluated OARDCs accomplishments and growth strategies
in the 20042008 period also concluded that OARDC is the oremost in-state driver o
agbioscience research and development and credited the centers eorts with placing Ohio
on the oreront o this exciting area o economic opportunity in the United States.
Because o OARDC and the support o multiple stakeholders across the state, Ohio
has moved into an early leadership position in supporting agbioscience R&D as driver
or economic development, the report stated. Since 2004, OARDC has been highly
proactive in developing new programs, unding streams, inrastructure, and relationships
that drive progress and expanding economic impacts in Ohios agbioscience economy.
Battelle highlighted OARDCs strategic decision to ocus its eorts and resources
on three signature research and development areas: Food Security, Production, and
Human Health; Advanced Bioenergy and Biobased Products; and Environmental Qualityand Sustainability. MAURiCiO ESPiNOzA
Sustanng growth n Ohos$11.1 bon ood processngsector by deveopng newunctona oods, advancedngredents, and pacagngtechnooges.
Generatng $22 mon n savngsn the Oho hortcuture ndustryby advancng bocontro ungcdesversus chemca ones.
Saeguardng poutry and eggproducton n Oho va mutpetechnooges, thus securngan $861 mon ndustry and8,700 jobs.
leadng the deveopment o anew natura rubber ndustrywth a projected economcmpact o $130 mon or Oho.
Secrest Arboretum celebrated its
100th brthday ast summer. A bg
green part o OARDCs Wooster
campus, the 125-acre acty
houses some 3,000 derent
nds o trees, shrubs, and other
pants. it supports ong-term researchon extensve coectons: shade trees,
crabappes, and rhododendrons among
them. And atey t has ramped up ts
eorts to hep more peope enjoy the
pace. Waers and runners, bcycsts
and brdwatchers, chdren, ther parents
and grandparents, and others now jon
wth the scentsts and gardeners who
go there.
Ther benet s not the pants, Arbo-
retum Program Drector ken Cochran
sad o the new users. Ther benet s
the we-beng n ther own ves rom
nteractng wth the natura word.
He ctes Rchard louvs 2005
natona bestseer Last Chld n
the Woods: Savng Or Chldren
ro Natre Dect Dsorder as
nspraton. i too that boo
serousy, Cochran sad. Chdrenrased n nature are more creatve,
nteractve, and use ther mnds more.
Among the arboretums new peope-
rendy eatures: theme gardens; a
paved, meanderng wang tra; the
John Streeter Garden Amphthe-
ater; the Dscovery Pavon,
whose strng desgn o-
ows the seasons; and
the Seaman Orentaton
Paa, whch ncudes
permanent pubc rest-
rooms. The arboretums
successu $850,000 Phase ii Growng
For You deveopment campagn heped
mae t possbe. Speca events such as
Pant Dscovery Day (May 2 ths year), the
Why Trees Matter Forum (Oct. 22), and
brd was and arboretum wa-abouts
(http://secrest.osu.edu/caledar.aspurther hep Secrest to serve and connect
in 1908, Edmund Secrest o the Oho
Agrcutura Experment Staton (now
OARDC) started the Forest Arboretum
Hs goa: to mae Ohoans more tree
conscous. He ater became staton
drector; the arboretum ater was
renamed to honor hm. Today t
nurtures pants and peope, and
they and the pace eep growng
better or t.kURT kNEBUSCH
Packed with plants and now more people, Secrest turns 100
A ew examples o the multiple
ways OARDC is supportig
Ohios ecoomy iclude:T arictra biocic ar coidrd a ky drir o cooic
dopt i t ri 21t ctry biocooy. Ad accordi
to a tdy codctd by Batt, t Oio Arictra Rarc ad
Dopt Ctr (OARDC) i -poitiod or tr pror i
priary abiocic opportit y ara tat i p xpad Oio cooic
dopt i t ctry.
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ATi FACulTy membeR invOlveDin meDiCAl ReseARCh pROjeCT
ATI aculty member
John Arnold with the
modifed treadmill he
adapted or use next
to an MRI unit.
T
radi xrci tr tti i a iport diaotic too or
cardioacar dia. matic Roac Iai (mRI) tcooy i aotr tia diaotic too. uortaty, t
to dot ix. T rro ta copot i a tadard tradi
ar ot copatib it t ry tro atic fd ratd by
mRI qipt.
An AI aculty member, John Arnold, has teamed up with researchers at
he Ohio State University Medical Center to modiy a treadmill so that it can
be used in close proximity to an MRI exam table, enabling doctors to obtain
high-resolution images o the heart while a patient is in the recovery phase
immediately ater reaching peak stress level.
In the treadmill being developed by Arnold and his team members
(Eric Foster, Subha Raman, and Orlando Simonetti), magnetic componentshave been replaced with non-magnetic stainless steel,
aluminum, bronze, and polymers.
wo years ago, Foster, a graduate student in biomedical
engineering, was seeking someone with hydraulics
experience to work on the project, and Internet searching
led him to Arnold. Beore joining the AI aculty in
2003, Arnold spent 27 years as an engineer, developing
o-highway equipment with complex hydraulic systems.
He is an assistant proessor and coordinator o AIs power
and equipment, and hydraulic power and motion control
degree programs.
he design challenges have been interesting, says Arnold.Most industrial hydraulic systems use oil as the hydraulic
luid. In this kind o system, you dont have to worry about corrosion, so the
materials that are optimal or use with oil oten contain high strength steels,
Arnold says. For component prototypes, he looked instead at hydraulic systems
that use water, which are common in the ood processing industry. hese water
hydraulic components are constructed o stainless steel and polymers, which are
more compatible with MRI environments.
One challenge o the project was to ind a supplier who could produce these
non-errous components. hrough his network o industry contacts, Arnold
was able to ind one supplier, a manuacturer in England, who was willing to
undertake the production o system components.
he treadmill is currently being tested and results look promising. Ater
achieving peak stress levels, patients will be quickly transerred to the MRI,
allowing doctors to capture high-deinition images o the heart within 60
seconds. According to team member Simonetti, associate proessor o internal
medicine and radiology, the OSU Medical Center is the only place in the
world perorming treadmill exercise stress tests inside the MRI scan room.
FRANCES WHiTED
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As o ay campus, Oho State ATis haways and cassrooms teem
wth young men and women cad n the ubutous coege student
ensembe o jeans and a hoode. But on any gven day, you are
just as ey to see students attred n Western wear that spans the
gamut rom unctona to ancu.
And the Western stye snt conned to students n producton
agrcuture majors, ether. Ashey Hnes o Pedmont s a andscapecontractng and constructon major whose Western ensembe
ncudes a me green satn shrt and a eather bet o the same coor,
embeshed wth gtterng meta studs and, o course, a arge bet
buce. Competng the oo s a bac cowboy hat edged n pn and
a green rhnestone cowboy boot necace. i acured most o ths to
wear n the show rng, says Hnes, who shows pgs and catte.
The bg bet buce s a very common sght at ATi, oten combned
wth sm jeans and a pad shrt or the any cowboy oo. But
even the guys can nduge n a bt o Western bng. Aex Dawes, a
constructon scence major rom Hudson, sports not just the bg bet
buce but an eaboratey tooed eather bet as we, and adorns hs
shrt wth a sver-tpped boo te. ive aways dressed ths way,
because ts a stye that most peope dont wear, and i e tryng to be
derent, Dawes sad.
i have gone to severa other coeges beore comng to ATi, and
i have not seen anythng e t anywhere ese, sad Rhannon
Schneder, an agronomy major rom Graton, who was sportng a bt
o handcrated bng herse a god boot braceet adorned wth
charms. You cant nd many students at other coeges who can get
down and drty and st be abe to express themseves wth cowboy
bng.FRANCES WHiTED
It dont mean a thingi it aint got that bling
I ASSOCIATE PROESSOR DAvE Willoughbys gree
hair prooked a ew odd stares i the grocery store, it
didt bother him oe bit. The uusual dye job was his
way o makig good o a promise to ATIs tur bow
team: Brig home the irst-place trophy this year, ad
he would color his hair gree.
The our-perso team o ATI turgrass studets did
just that, wiig the 2008 college tur bowl competitio
that is part o the Ohio Turgrass oudatios aua
coerece. The team rom ATI wo i 2007, too, the
irst year the competitio was held.
The test cosists o ie sectios addressig the
types o problems ad challeges turgrass proessioals ace o the job ad pits teams rom the ie Ohio
schools that oer associate degrees related to the tur
grass idustry.
Team members Adrew Goehler, Lace Bailey, Jack
Zoldak, ad Reee Geyer tackled questios about such
topics as turgrass diseases, weed ad isect ideti
catio, ad the calibratio o equipmet used to apply
chemicals, as well as questios related to accoutig
procedures, assets ad liabilities, proitability, ad othe
busiess maagemet cocepts.
I am extremely proud o our studets, said Wil
loughby i a iteriew with the Wooster Daily Record
Wiig the Tur Bowl the irst year was a great accom
plishmet. Beig able to repeat ad brig the trophy
back to Wooster or the secod year i a row is idescrib
able. Willoughby is coordiator o ATIs turgrass ma
agemet degree program ad seres as aculty adisor
to the Tur Club.
The wiig team receies a traelig trophy that
will be displayed or a year util the ext competitio
Team members also receied idiidual plaques.
People i the grocery store keep askig me i I lost
a bet, Willoughby said. I tell them that I didt lose
aythig. I wo.RAnCES WHITED
ATI Tur Team is topstwo years in a row
ATI students Ashley Hines, Rhiannon
Schneider, Alex Dawes, and Kyle Johnson
show o their bling. At right, a bracelet
adorns Schneiders boot.
Photos by Frances Whted
ATI tur bowl team members got a kick out o Associate Proessor
Dave Willoughbys green hair, their reward or bringing home the
frst place trophy. Team members are Renee Geyer o Lancaster,
Jack Zoldak o Dalton, Lance Bailey o Bethesda, and Andrew
Goehler o Bryan. Photo by Frances Whted
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Spring Game Tailgate Set or April 25Alumni Board update
As ths ssue o Contn arrves at your home, fina pans are beng
made or the Sprng Game CFAES Tagate to be hed on Apr 25. The
tagate w begn two hours beore c-o, expected to be 1:00 p.m.
Tcets or the game are $5. Tcets or the tagate and game are $15.
i you woud e to attend the game and or tagate, pease contact
Amber Pasterna at [email protected] or ca her at (614) 247-2745.
The ABSOlUTE fina deadne or reservatons s Apr 20.
Mae checs payabe to The Oho State Unversty and ma to:
Ray Miller
Room 100 Ag Admi
2120 ye Road
Columbus, OH 43210
The CFAES Aumn Board has new oficers!
Past PresdentRchard lessPresdentAnn Ba
Presdent EectJames leonard
SecretaryTmothy Osborn
TreasurerMessa Sanders
Are you nterested n get tng more nvoved
wth your aumn socety? We currenty
have openngs on the board and can aways
use some extra hep on our commttees.
Contact Ray Mer at (614) 247-2745 or
[email protected] or more normaton.
Alumni Society Basket Sale:Scholarship Fundraiser
Logaberger Tall TissueBasket with Lid
Scarletandgraytrim
Smallfootballdetailsontrim
6"long,6"wide,6"high
Cost: $71.00 wth $18.00 rom each sae bene tng the CFAES
Aumn Schoarshp Endowment Fund
Longabergerand the other basket and collecton naes are the property oThe LongabergerCopany. Ths ndraser s n no way connected wth orsponsored by The LongabergerCopany.
Name:
Address:
Cty/State/zp:
Phone Number:
E-ma:
Mae checs payabe to
Jeannie Anders (the socetys
independent longaberger
Home Consutant)
To pace an order, compete
ths orm and ma t and your
payment by Apr 28, 2009, to:
Sady Kuh
11607 Parkiew Dr.
Stoutsille, OH 43154
Collectors o Logaberger Baskets: Do ot miss this
opportuity to add to your collectio ad help raise uds
or the CAES Alumi Society Udergraduate Scholarship
Edowmet. Jeaie Aders, a alum ad Logaberger
Associate, is doatig $18 o eery basket sold toward
the edowmet.
Buckeye baskets make great
graduation gits.Pease aow
eght wees or devery.
Baskets st be pcked p nColbs or Sprngfeld nlessyo ake arrangeents orshppng ($12.00 n-state or$
17.00 ot-o-state nsredshppng and handlng). ContactSandy Khn at 740-477-8702or [email protected] wthqestons.
FallFest scheduled For sept. 12, 2009Alumni from the College of Food, Agrcutura, and Envron-
menta Scences (CFAES) ncudng a ag, envronment and
natura resources, and ATi graduates w be nvted to
partcpate n Fafest 2009 when the Buceyes w pay ther
second game of the season aganst the Unversty of Southern
Caforna Trojans. Game tme has been announced as 8:00 p.m.
We w meet n the French Fed House three hours before
game tme for dnner, the annua sent aucton for the CFAES
Aumn Socety Schoarshp Endowment, fine feowshp wth
frends from years gone by, and of course the Buceyes vs.
Trojans contest n the stadum. We are partcpatng agan ths
year wth the unversty-wde Reunon Weeend. Watch for the
detas n the summer ssue of Continuum comng to you n
eary summer.
Game tcets w ony be avaabe to those aumn who are
graduates of the Coege of Food, Agrcutura, and Envronmen-
ta Scences and are dues-payng members of The Oho State
Unversty Aumn Assocaton, inc. Tcets must be purchased
wth our tagate event. You are mted to two tcets per
househod, not per membershp. it s our desre to maxmzethe number of aumn who can attend Reunon Weeend. The
person purchasng the tcets must be the person who uses
the tcets. Anyone caught reseng ther tcets may ose
future rghts to purchase footba tcets through the Aumn
Assocaton and our socety.
Aumn who receve season tcets va Presdents Cub,
Buceye Cub, Facuty/Staff, Varsty O Men footba, the Aumn
Assocatons ottery, or ong-tme season tcet purchase hod-
ers Will NOT be egbe to receve tcets through the Socety
Reunon Weeend, but we hope you w jon us for the tagate.
A appcatons w be doube-checed wth unversty databas-
es to ensure compance wth ths pocy. We expect the demand
for ths game to exceed our suppy and thus a ottery w be hed
to determne the tcet aocaton. More detas w be announced
as we confirm a nformaton for Reunon Weeend 09.
in the meantme, reserve your Sept. 11-13 weeend now, and
pan to be wth us for Reunon Weeend and CFAES Fafest.
GO BUCkS!
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The Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences Aumn Socety recogned 15 aumn
and rends o the coege at ts annua aumn awards uncheon on March 7, 2009, hed at the
Fawcett Center. A new Outstandng Servce to the Socety Award was estabshed ths year n addton
to the our ongstandng award categores. Congratuatons to a o our recpents!
CFAes Alumni sOCieTy pResenTs 15 wiTh AwARDs
Distiguished Alumi Award
in ront, rom the et, Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser wth
award recpents Chares V. Morr, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dary Technoogy;
Ted Fcnger, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton; Dae F. Runnon, B.S., Anma
Scence; and n bac, rom the et, Bur A. Dehorty, Ph.D., Agrcutura
Bochemstry; Banne E. Bowen, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton; Ben J.
lamp, B.S., M.S., Agrcutura Engneerng; and Russe Smmonds, B.S.,
Agrcutura Economcs.
Outstadig Serice to the Society
Ths new award was estabshed by the CFAES Aumn Socety to honor
ndvduas who have gone beyond expectatons n provdng servce to the
socety. Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpent
Rod Bauer, kOVA o Oho, and Ray M er, CFAES Aumn Coordnator. Rod
was seected or hs unsefish contrbutons to Ag Faest and the CFAES
Aumn Undergraduate Schoarshp Endowment Fund.
Meritorious Serice Award
Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpents
Staney W. Joehn, B.S., Agrcutura Engneerng; and Berne Erven,
B.S., Agrcutura Educaton, and M.S., Agrcutura Economcs.
Iteratioal Award
Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser wth award recpent
Seung i Na, Ph.D., Agrcutura Educaton.
Youg Proessioal Achieemet Award
Vce Presdent and Dean Bobby Moser, et, wth award recpents
kenya N. Nchoson, B.S., Food Scence and Technoogy; lndsay
H, B.S., Agrcutura Communcaton; Jane Fe, B.S., Ph.D., Food,
Agrcutura, and Boogca Engneerng; and Jenner lehesa, B.S.,
Anma Scence.
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Charles Scholleberger has made ar-
rangements or The Oho State Unversty
through a trust to contrbute unds to
The Oho State Unversty Foundaton.
The gt sha create the Chares Scho-
enberger Arboretum Vstors Center
Boogca lab Endowment. The annua
dstrbuton rom ths endowment sha
be used to provde unds or program-
mng and the purchase o boogca ab
eupment or suppes n the Boogca
lab at the Arboretum Vstors Center at
the Oho Agrcutura Research and
Deveopment Center (OARDC) n Wooster,
Oho. Funds can aso be used or undng
or the Chares J. Schoenberger Famy
Day to be hed annuay or bannuay.
Chares grandather, Chares J. Scho-
enberger, joned the sta o the Oho
Agrcutura Expermenta Staton n 1910
and spent 47 years as an agronomst
beore retrng n 1958. He overcame
deaness as a chd to earn a bacheors
degree n chemstry rom The Oho State
Unversty n 1925. Hs es wor as a
research poneer ed hm to tae nown
so addtves, such as mestone and
manure, and determne how much was
needed to enhance agrcutura produc-
ton. Between 1949 and 1957 Chares
J. Schoenberger was assocated wth
the U.S. Department o Agrcuture So
Conservaton Servce where he promoted
eorts to save topso.
Schoenbergers son, Chares S. Scho-
enberger, began a dstngushed career
n chemstry as a chd when hs ather
et hm perorm smpe experments
n hs aboratory at the Oho Agrcu-
tura Experment Staton n Wooster. He
went on to major n chemstry at the Co-
ege o Wooster and earned a doctorate
at Corne Unversty. Hred by the B.F.
Goodrch Co. rght out o graduate
schoo by noted poyvny chorde nven
tor Dr. Wado Semon, Chuc heped open
Goodrchs new research center n Brecs
ve, Oho, n 1948. Over 10 years o
patent research pad o n 1959 when
Chuc proudy added hs contrbuton
to Goodrchs ong st o firsts n
rubber, the deveopment o Estane,
the words first thermopastc poyure
thane.SHAWN ClEVElAND
Thousads o alumi hae supported the Coege o Food,
Agrcutura, and Envronmenta Scences by mang gts to
the Vce Presdents Exceence Fund. The coeges annua
und provdes dscretonary mones or eorts ncudng out-
reach, aumn reatons, students co-currcuar actvtes, and
undergraduate research. in short, these gts provde undng
or projects that woud not be possbe wthout rends o thecoege.
CFAES aumn cte varyng reasons or supportng the
coege wth annua gts, but they a had one man motvator
n common: the mportance o hepng students.
For exampe, 1985 graduate Jua Geren zoda was a
schoarshp recpent and sad she gave to the und to support
uture students. Joanne Captan Jones, who earned her B.S. n
Ag Econ n 1975, echoed zodas sentments. i gve because
im an aum and i want to hep support the schoo whenever i
can, Jones sad, i et e gvng because i attended Oho State
and to try to hep. i ee t s mportant to support the students.
in addton to the desre to hep students, career paths
ed some CFAES graduates to support the Vce Presdents
Exceence Fund. Ths was the case or Steven Wade Johnson,
who sad, i just e to support the coege i went to and i thn
educaton s mportant. Havng been a teacher or 34 years,
i e to support educaton as much as i can. i e the wor
Oho State does.
Johnson, who earned hs M.S. n Ag Educaton n 1979, aso
spoe o hs parents nfuence on hs phanthropy. My parents
aways supported schoos. My ather was on the board o
Ashand Coege, whch s now Ashand Unversty, and aways
donated even though he wasnt a coege grad. My parents
were a bg nfuence on my gvng. its mportant to me to
support my coege.
For Bob Age, a 1980 Anma Scences graduate, happy
memores o hs tme as a student and beongng to a amy
o Oho State aumn made hm want to gve. Age reguarysupports the lvestoc Judgng Team n addton to the Vce
Presdents Exceence Fund. i normay gve to the lvestoc
Judgng Team because i was on t. its mportant to eep tha
gong because i ee extracurrcuars are what coege s a
about. Academcs are needed but i was aso n the marchng
band and on the judgng team and i got a ot out o t. Those
are the thngs you remember 30 years ater. i now
extracurrcuars are the nd o thng that gets phased ou
A ot o coeges had vestoc judgng teams and dont have
them now. Both o my daughters went to Oho State and go
a ot out o t. One daughter s n charge o bee promoton o
the Cattemens Assocaton. My we was n nursng and
supports t. Were a bg Buceye supporters.
Support o the Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and Envron
menta Scences Vce Presdents Exceence Fund s more
mportant than ever beore. As extracurrcuar actvty costs
soar and students aready strugge just to und tuton, boos
and room and board, t s vta to support the coeges annua
und. For uestons on gvng to ths und, or to any CFAES
und, contact the Ofice o Deveopment at (614) 292-0473
AMY MCkENziE
development
Schollenberger creates und or Arboretum Lab
The work o agronomist Charles J.
Schollenberger, let, and his son, chemist
Charles S. Schollenberger, right, is being
honored by their grandson and son, Charles
Schollenberger, with the establishment
o the Charles Schollenberger Arboretum
Visitors Center Biological Lab Endowment.
Vice Presidents Excellence Fund ocuses on students
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Dairymaster gitbenefts ATI DairyLab, studentsDairymaster USA Ic. o Cncnnat
Oho, s contrbutng a new 10 Unt
Entry leve Swtfo Dary Paror to
The Oho State Unversty Agrcutura
Technca insttute (ATi) n Wooster
The gt o $231,405 conssts o gts
n-nd ncudng consutng, dary
eupment desgn, ayout, specfica
tons, and eupment.
The ATi Dary laboratory was de
sgned to gve students n the two-yeaDary Catte Producton and Manage
ment Technoogy program practca
experence n the management tass
encountered on many o todays dary
arms. Students are reured
to wor and to assst n
the management o the
aboratory on a day
bass as part o
ther practcum
course. The ab-
oratory s asoused extensvey
or nstructon n
other courses such as dary catte
producton, genetcs, nutrton, repro
ducton, heath, judgng, and presen
taton. The herd conssts o Hostens
Jerseys, and Brown Swss, wth 125
mature cows and 100 young stoc. it
s a ree-sta barn wth tota mxed
raton eedng.
Ths s an outstandng opportunty
and ths reatonshp between the
unversty and ndustry needs to
contnue to hep our students wor
wth the atest technoogy, sad
Steve Nameth, drector o ATi.
Operatng snce 1968 rom ts
head ofice n Causeway, County
kerry, ireand, Darymaster s one
o the words eadng dary arm
eupment manuacturers. Ths yea
aso mars the tenth year Darymaste
has operated n the Unted States
SHAWN ClEVElAND
new sChOlARshIP suPPORTs uRBAn gARDenIng sTuDenTs
The Albert A. Churella Urban Gardenng
Schoarshp s one o two unds at the
unversty that Dr. Churea has created
to honor those most mportant n her
e. The Anne Prochaa Endowment
Fund or Oncoogy Nursng Educaton
pays trbute to her aunt who was a
nurse specang n nant parayss.
Through her estate, Dr. Churea aso
pans to support cancer research, human
nutrton research and schoarshps,
and research n boogca scences at
The Oho State Unversty.
Dr. Churea s a three-tme graduate
o Oho State, havng receved her
undergraduate degree n bochems-
try through what was then named the
Coege o Agrcuture. She went on to
receve her masters degree n bochem-
stry and her doctorate n human nutr-
ton. She had a dstngushed 37-year
career wth Ross Products Dvson o
Abbott laboratores. She specaed n
pedatrc nutrton research and deveop-
ment, whch ed to patents or her wor
n provdng seenum n a nutrtona
product and or her nutrtona product
or nants wth chronc ung dsease.
The Coege o Food, Agrcutura, and
Envronmenta Scences s grateu or
Dr. Chureas generosty and s peased
to be a part o the Chureas egacy at
Oho State and n gardenng.
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ncudng Oho Agrcutura Research and Deveop
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research and reated educatona programs are ava
to centee on a nondscrmnatory bass wthout re
to race, coor, regon, sex, age, natona or gn, sex
orentaton, gender dentty or expresson, dsabt
or veteran status. Ths statement s n accordance w
Unted States Cv Rghts laws and the USDA.
Bobby Moser, Ph.D., Vce Presdent or Agrcutura
Admnstraton & Dean
2021 Coey Road
Coumbus, OH 43210(614) 292-2011
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Bobby D. Moser
Vce Presdentor Agrcltral
Adnstratonand Dean, Collegeo Food, Agrcltral,and EnvronentalScences
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As youll see illustrated throughout this publication, theCollege o Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences(CFAES) is ocusing its eforts on three Signature Areas o
key importance to Ohio and the world:ood Security, Productio, ad Huma Health Every day more than
860 mon peope go hungry wordwde. Manutrton s at crtca eves
n deveopng countres, whe obesty pagues deveoped natons.
The saety o our ood, threatened by dsease or contamnaton outbreas,
s a concern. As a resut, CFAES ocuses on mproved agrcutura
producton that ensures an adeuate and aordabe ood suppy;
saeguardng our ood suppy; and promotng the bascs o nutrtona
heath or a growng popuaton.
Eirometal Quality ad Sustaiability Sustanng popuaton and
economc growth must be baanced wth preservaton o natura resources
and envronmenta assets. lned hand n hand wth envronmenta
sustanabty s an urgent need or the deveopment o ecoogcay
bengn resources or economc actvty. in ths Sgnature Area, CFAES
wors to understand, protect, and remedate the envronment andecosystems to ensure ong-term sustanabty.
Adaced Bioeergy ad Biobased Products Wth goba oss ue prces
at record eves and concerns regardng carbon emssons, the race s on
to deveop renewabe energy sources wth nomna envronmenta
mpacts. The countrys desre to mt ts dependence on overseas o
sources aso ues the deveopment o aternatve sources or the pastcs,
chemcas, and rubber ndustres. As such, CFAES w ocus on deveopng
bomass-based advanced energy technooges and vaue-added bobased
products such as ues, specaty chemcas, and fiber products.
We believe that ocusing on these issues puts our colleges bestand brightest to work on key issues aecting our world. As always,I appreciate your eedback: [email protected]